Okan Buruk

Okan Buruk
Personal information
Full name	Okan Buruk
Date of birth	19 October 1973
Place of birth	İstanbul, Turkey
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Çaykur Rizespor (manager)
Youth career
1987–1991	Galatasaray
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
2011–2013	Turkey (assistant)
2013–2014	Elazığspor
2014–2015	Gaziantepspor
2015–2016	Sivasspor
2016–2017	Göztepe
2017–2018	Akhisar Belediyespor
2018–	Çaykur Rizespor
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish former international footballer and football manager of Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor. Who played in the midfielder position.

He played for Galatasaray, Internazionale, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor. He also won 56 caps with the Turkey national football team.

Club career

Okan played for Turkish giants Galatasaray between 1991 and 2001, winning six Turkish Süper Lig titles and the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. He was also named man of the match as Galatasary upset Real Madrid 2–1 to win the 2000 UEFA Super Cup.

In 2001, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Internazionale, where he played for three years. He played two seasons for Beşiktaş before returning to Galatasaray in 2006. After his contract expired with Galatasaray, Okan joined İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor in July 2008 and retired two years later.

International career

Okan made 56 appearances for the Turkey national football team, representing the country at UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He scored Turkey's opening goal of Euro 2000 in a 2–1 loss to Italy in Arnhem. At the 2002 World Cup, Okan made his only appearance as a substitute in the 2-3 win against host nation South Korea in the third-place play-off.

Managerial career

After his playing career, Okan became a coach in Turkey. On 10 May 2018, he managed Akhisar Belediyespor to their first trophy in their history, the 2017-18 Turkish Cup.^[2]

Managerial statistics

As of 22 June 2018

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Elazığspor		30 October 2013	2 June 2014	7001330000000000000♠33	7001110000000000000♠11	7000600000000000000♠6	7001160000000000000♠16	07001333300000000000♠33.33
Gaziantepspor		1 August 2014	10 June 2015	7001420000000000000♠42	7001150000000000000♠15	7000900000000000000♠9	7001180000000000000♠18	07001357100000000000♠35.71
Sivasspor		27 October 2015	8 February 2016	7001110000000000000♠11	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000700000000000000♠7	07001181800000000000♠18.18
Göztepe		1 August 2016	22 March 2017	7001330000000000000♠33	7001150000000000000♠15	7000700000000000000♠7	7001110000000000000♠11	07001454500000000000♠45.45
Akhisar Belediyespor		28 March 2017	30 June 2018	7001530000000000000♠53	7001230000000000000♠23	7001110000000000000♠11	7001190000000000000♠19	07001434000000000000♠43.40
Total				7002172000000000000♠172	7001660000000000000♠66	7001350000000000000♠35	7001710000000000000♠71	07001383709999900000♠38.37

Honours

Player

Galatasaray

Turkish League (7): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2007–08
UEFA Cup (1): 2000
UEFA Super Cup (1): 2000

Turkey

UEFA Euro 2000: Quarter-finalist
FIFA World Cup 2002: 3rd place

Personal

2000 UEFA Super Cup: "Man of the match"

Manager

Akhisarspor

Turkish Cup (1): 2017–18

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Galatasaray	1991–92	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	2
	1992–93	15	0	-	-	1	0	16	0
	1993–94	2	0	-	-	2	0	4	0
	1994–95	20	0	-	-	1	0	21	0
	1995–96	28	1	-	-	-	-	28	1
	1996–97	16	3	-	-	2	0	18	3
	1997–98	24	3	-	-	2	0	26	3
	1998–99	28	11	-	-	6	1	34	12
	1999–00	28	8	-	-	13	2	35	9
	2000–01	26	2	-	-	12	0	38	2
	Total	188	30	0	0	39	3	227	33
Internazionale	2001–02	7	0	-	-	3	0	10	0
	2002–03	14	2	-	-	7	0	21	2
	2003–04	3	0	-	-	4	0	7	0
	Total	24	2	0	0	14	0	38	2
Beşiktaş	2004–05	22	0	-	-	4	2	26	2
	2005–06	21	1	-	-	3	0	24	1
	Total	43	1	0	0	7	2	50	3
Galatasaray	2006–07	15	1	-	-	3	0	18	1
	2007–08	4	1	-	-	2	0	6	1
	Total	19	2	0	0	5	0	24	2
İstanbul BB	2008–09	17	0	1	0	-	-	18	0
	2009–10	11	0	2	0	-	-	13	0
	Total	28	0	3	0	0	0	31	0
Career total		302	35	3	0	65	5	369	40

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	1992	1	0
	1998	3	0
	1999	5	0
	2000	8	2
	2001	9	2
	2002	7	2
	2003	9	1
	2004	9	0
	2005	4	1
	2010	1	0
Total		56	8

Personal life

Okan married the model and former Miss Turkey winner Nihan Akkuş on 3 July 2007. His brother, Fuat Buruk, was also a professional footballer and the current assistant manager of Osmanlıspor.^[3]

References

↑ "Okan Buruk". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
↑ "Kupa tarihinin 15. şampiyonu oldu!".
↑ "Alican Buruk Orhangazispor'da". 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013.

External links

Okan Buruk – FIFA competition record (archive)
Okan Buruk at National-Football-Teams.com
Okan Buruk at the Turkish Football Federation
Okan Buruk coach profile at Soccerway

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[1] "Okan Buruk". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[2] "Kupa tarihinin 15. şampiyonu oldu!".

[3] "Alican Buruk Orhangazispor'da". 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013.